Fwd: NFS on FC5

[Margaret_Doll]

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> From: Margaret_Doll <Margaret_Doll at brown.edu>
> Date: Tue Jul 25, 2006  2:09:47 PM US/Eastern
> To: For releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: NFS on FC5
>
> On a new FC 5 system, I am trying to serve up five large partitions 
> (all over 80 Gb apiece) across the network.  In particular to an FC2 
> system.
>
> The new system can mount partitions from other systems on the network.
>
> I have disabled selinux.  I have the correct hosts in /etc/host.allow 
> with permissions to all.
>
> On the client I keep getting that there is no route to the host.  
> Although from the client I can see the services on the server.
>
> [root at client  root]# rpcinfo -p server
>    program vers proto   port
>     100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
>     100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
>     100024    1   udp  32768  status
>     100024    1   tcp  60867  status
>     100021    1   udp  32769  nlockmgr
>     100021    3   udp  32769  nlockmgr
>     100021    4   udp  32769  nlockmgr
>     100021    1   tcp  57687  nlockmgr
>     100021    3   tcp  57687  nlockmgr
>     100021    4   tcp  57687  nlockmgr
>     100011    1   udp    637  rquotad
>     100011    2   udp    637  rquotad
>     100011    1   tcp    640  rquotad
>     100011    2   tcp    640  rquotad
>     100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
>     100003    3   udp   2049  nfs
>     100003    4   udp   2049  nfs
>     100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs
>     100003    3   tcp   2049  nfs
>     100003    4   tcp   2049  nfs
>     100005    1   udp    650  mountd
>     100005    1   tcp    653  mountd
>     100005    2   udp    650  mountd
>     100005    2   tcp    653  mountd
>     100005    3   udp    650  mountd
>     100005    3   tcp    653  mountd
>
> [root at client root]# mount -v /dist
> mount to NFS server 'server' failed.
> RPC Error: 12 ( Remote system error )
> System Error: 113 (No route to host)
>
> The line from /etc/fstab on the client is
>
> server:/numbers1   /dist                   nfs4    proto=tcp,soft,bg,rw
>
> I have tried this line with "nfs" instead of "nfs4"  and without the 
> "proto=tcp" option.
>
> What is going wrong?

I believe it is a security issue.  I turned off iptables, and the 
partitions mounted across the network.  Now to find the relevant ports 
to open up.

>